Honoré-Victorin Daumier (February 26, 1808 - February 10,
1879) was a French painter, sculptor, and printmaker. He created over
500 paintings, 4000 lithographs, 1000 wood engravings, 1000
drawings, and 100 sculptures. His artworks depicted the social and
political life in France from the Revolution of 1830 to the fall of the
second Napoleonic Empire in 1870. He was best known for his
humorous sketches and satires on the social class differences,
political figures, politics and justice. He was prisoned for six
months for publishing a satire of the French King Louis Phillippe as
Gargantua (The Tax Eater, 1831).
Book one of the two-book series contains 163 artworks from
Daumier's drawings / lithographs. The original artworks are in
public domain. The images shown in the book are digitally
enhanced slightly for clarity purpose.
* The original artworks are in public domain and the book is designed and copyrighted by msBooks of msStudio.
* The hardcover book dimension: 7" x 10"; 167 pages.
